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(NoModeL) M. M. BOWERS.

PLOW. No. 403,032. Patented May '7, 1889.

WITNESSES: I INVENTOR:

BY CAM /,3..uW

ATTORNEY.

- UNITED STATES ATENT ()FFICE.

MARCUS M. BOXVERS, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGN OR TO THE ROLAND PLOWV W'ORKS, OF SAME PLACE.

P L O W SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,032, dated May *7, 1889.

Application filed December 29, 1888. Serial No. 294,955. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARCUS M. BOWERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plows, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in plows, which will first be described, and then pointed out in the claims.

The invention is illustrated in the accom panying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a top View of the iron parts and handles, two positions of the beam being in dicated by broken lines. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the standard and its foot -wings.

' Fig. 3 shows the mold-side view of the same parts; the head of the standard, however, is shown in section, and a portion of one handle is shown. Fig. 4 is an inverted or bottom view of the standard-foot and the two handles. Fig. 5 shows the landside elevation. of the lower parts of the plow.

The letter A designates the standard; 13, the landside; O, the share, and D the mold.

Integral with the standard is a foot, A, with a vertical side, a, to which the landside B is attached by a bolt, 17, and the other side forms a wing, 0, whose upper part is widened or extended toward the rear and supports the mold D, thereby avoiding the necessity for a cross-brace between the mold and landside, either in conjunction with or independent of the handles E.

The mold-wing c is provided on the inside with a lug, d, for one handle, E, which is se cured thereto by a bolt, d, and the vertical side of the foot a is also provided with a lug, c, for the other handle, which is secured bya bolt at o. By means of these lugs the handles are secured direct to the foot of the standard in what is known as open-stocked fashion, whereby the mold D and the landside B are free of the handle thrust and consequent strain, and also may be detached without disturbing the handles.

The standard A rises from behind the mold and has position central (or nearly central) with respect to the cross-section of the sharethat is to say, the head A of the standard sets away from the landside toward the mold, as seen in Figs. 1 and 2. This position of the standard produces the widest possible mouth, vertically considered, between the breast of the plow and the lower side of the beam, and thereby the liability of the plow choking in front with weeds or trash is avoided; and, furthermore, by this central position the beam may pivot on the head A in such manner as to allow its rear end, which rests on the crossbar f between the handles, to shift laterally toward the landside-handle sufficient to permit the animal drawing the plow to travel in the furrow as a guide.

It will be noticed the upper front part or throat of the standard curves forward, as at 2', and thereby any stuff which rises and gathers in the throat will fall forward of the furrow-slice and be covered by it.

The head A of the standard has a lock-slot, g, for the pivot-bolt h, and opens from the rear side and extends fore and aft vertically, and at its most forward part has a recess, g, for the head of the said pivot-bolt.

The bolthead enters the open rear of the slot, and then is moved forward until it occupies the recess g. When the bolt-nut, which will be on the top side of the beam, is tightened, its head will occupy the recess g, and thereby it will be prevented from slipping back. This particular construction of lockslot avoids the recesses which are necessarily formed in front when holes are made down through the head of the standard.

As shown in Fig. 5, the upper landside edge of the share G is provided with an upwardlyprojecting lug, 70, which has position between the mold D and landside B. As this lug is under the mold, the latter thereby holds the top part of the share to its seat and prevents undue strain on the share-bolt at Z. This lug operates to prevent the share from breaking.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. A plow-standard setting away from the landside and rising centrally with respect to a cross-section of the share and having a slotted and recessed cap, a foot, A, integral with the standard, said foot havinga recessed vertioal side, a, provided with a handle-projecting In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in 10 1ug,e, and also having a wing side, 0, provided the presence of two witnesses. with a handle-lug, cl.

2. The combination, with the p1ow-standard MARCUS M. BOVVERS. 5 A, of the mold D, landside B, and a share, 0,

provided at its upper landside edge with an Witnesses: upwardly-projecting lug, 7a, which takes un- JOHN EDW. MORRIS, der the mold and between it and the landside, JNO. T. MADDOX. as and for the purpose set forth. 

